Rod Bender

Took a Radical (#1351) to Ozarks International Raceway in central Missouri last weekend. For those who have not been, it is an exceptional track, only a few years old, and one of my favorite in the co...

Hey guys, at the last race, I noticed that my radiator fan wasn't turning on anymore. We applied 12V directly to the fan to test it, and it worked. Can someone explain to me how the fan is controlled?...

For those of you with an SR3 and adjustable rear pushrods, please can you advise what length pushrod you have so I can buy the correct one? I know it's 3/8" UNF, and my original fixed pushrod measures...

I'm not sure whether these are meant to go in dry, both GDU and wheelhub sides, or should I apply some anti seize? If so what products do you folks use?

@rjbender having just installed the GDU again today....yes it makes absolutely no sense to remove it from underneath. I installed it back in today with relative ease going in from the top with all th...

At the 14 minute and 35 second mark he's installing the input shaft... At first when he's putting it in neutral position and spinning it it appears that the output shaft is not spinning as is a coup...

2nd gear was seized to the shaft Attachment : PXL_20250713_043624996.jpg Attachment : PXL_20250713_043630109.jpg

Just close this out.... The pump had come loose from bottom of tank and was floating around. That caused the fuel starvation. Then it ultimately had the positive power feed contact the baffles in t...

I struggle with putting on/taking off the bodywork. I bought some suction cups on Amazon and they work great for this! Attachment : IMG_9439.jpeg Attachment : IMG_9438.jpeg

Thank you for the replies on this. We finally sorted out the issue with the assistance of Joshua Tidd (Radical USA Technical Support Engineer) and the team at Stradale. Here is the history (after th...

so it turns out the P1 heaters are what appear to be rebadged items with better fittings mounted to them. I found the exact same heater here, and the good thing is they do deliver to UK, for free. Pre...

@jking85 and Charley this info is fantastic thank you so much

a friend from the radical page on FB said he did a 2nd battery and does the charging of it after his weekend at the track. my worry with that is not being a deep cycle battery from running them down a...

Here is a picture of the sidepod battery installation in an SR3 RS (Gen 2 car). Attachment : IMG_0647 M.JPG

Here is a simplified wiring diagram showing the additional battery installation excluding the charging harness. This would be the simplest installation, but you need to also add a charging port to ch...